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SMART-1 satellites integration on the launcher

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Title SMART-1 satellites integration on the launcher

Released 22/09/2003 4:31 pm

Copyright ESA/CNES/Arianespace-Service optique CSG

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The final integration process began on September 17, when the SMART-1 lunar exploration spacecraft was installed as Ariane 5's lower payload. SMART-1 is the first of the European Space Agency's relatively low-cost Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART), which are to test new technologies for eventual use in Europe's future deep-space science projects.